(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Last week, the Popular Education team lead a workshop with Workers Defense Project. The workshop’s theme explored what we called the “Braid of Oppression.” The Braid of Oppression is a concept Central American organizers use to understand how colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy are individual forces–or strands–that criss-cross and interact with each […]
USESSC staff and members of the Popular education working group organized a second online workshop with students from Western Connecticut State University. This workshop aimed to be as participatory as possible on zoom to discuss the root causes of migration, historical background of El Salvador, the economical measures implemented in the country, and U.S. intervention […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Popular education is centered in the process of learning in community with others, in sharing our experiences and growing through the sharing and production of knowledge. We open ourselves up and share freely within the space. We play games, create skits, and form small groups. So how can we recreate this […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Lily Herakova wrote a version of this reflection in an email to the popular education working group. We found her ideas insightful. Her thought process applies popular education ideology, what she learned in El Salvador, as well as her current realities and experiences to the challenges we are currently facing. We […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Written by Jacey Anderson / translated by Mario Guevara On Friday, February 22, Zulma Hernández (CRIPDES-Sur) and Zulma Tobar (USESSC) led a training for the staff of Workers Defense Project (WDP), a Texas non-profit that focuses on migrant worker rights. Twenty young organizers participated as “las Zulmas” (with support form Jacey […]
Have you heard about our popular education workshops? How about being part of a 2-4 hour long session? Our very own Zulma Tobar will be joining CRIPDES’ president Bernardo Belloso and will develop workshops that will cover the following: Great personal learning experiences Analysis of Reality What is popular Education Popular Education in El Salvador […]
“En palabras de Carlos Núñez, diríamos que “la educación popular constituye una corriente de pensamiento y acción dentro del campo de las ciencias sociales, particularmente de la pedagogía… es una propuesta teórico – práctica, siempre en construcción desde cientos de prácticas presentes en muy diversos escenarios de nuestra América (y más allá). Su visión es […]